Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-04-09

A Subject Discussed by the Csllcgsasa
Alumne To-Day.
a SPECIAL MEETING or TIE ASSOCIATION IN THE
Crr-PAPERs READ AND TORIES psscU0kD-A
VISIT TO THE WHITE HouSk.
BE sure and not call us sweet gfri graduates
saia one OF the ladies OF the Association Of Cob
iegiate Alumn9 20 STAR reporter to-day. The
association held special meeting to-day AZ the
NATIONAL Museum. portion OF the iecture-hal
was screened on for their use, and no male person
anu no lady not member OF the asso-
ciatlon was allowed 70 intrude upon the
sancu'y OF their session this morning.
Inere were female A. BIS NJ AS and even doc.
been 1een a fellow OF Johns Hopkins University. Among
coineilness and healthfulness OF appes rance went
IuISher even than the statistics assiduousy gath.
,ea t IN assoeatlon, 10 scout the idea that cob
IesS Iuuing was too severe for the physical o.
ganlzation VI women.
LADIES PRESENT.
ME- Helen Hiscock Backus OF Brooklyn. graA.
uaee Oh sassar, the president OF the association,
occupied the chair. aud Miss Marion Talbot al
Boston, filled the post OF secretary Among the
ladies present were Misses Atkinson Rsrn e,raiS
LAME, Eastman, Franklin. Haldeman Uoyt. Ken.
Charlotte Smith, T. l. Smith. Wooiman. Sopcr'
+. cushing, Richards, MacCoy, Perkins, lsr,,eS
den. Hamlln, Fitch Armstrong Patterson, Crouch,
roster. Aloen, Merrill, Lawrence Fetterof MILES,
Sanoorn. Doubleday, Dean Thomas OF Bryn Mawt
College, Hawley, Schuyler, Clarke. GIL Reed, IDA
CusMng, Mason, Corson and Miss Bohnstedt.
THE MORNING SESSION.
was occupied by the reading and discussion q
papers on "The Effect OF the Amusements and 90.
equations OF Girls In their School Life, Five
papers on this subject We're presented. the authors
being MISSES Mary NJ. De Veny, Laura j. Wylle
Alice Goddard, Alice II. Luce and Emma 5. Atkin.
SON. These ladies are all teachers, some
OF them in public schools The papers wars
TO some extent statistical Mrs. Backus after the
papers were read, outlined I'VE headings TO be dis
cussed: First. What can be done for The student
In the schools. second. What can be tione for hcr
Out OF school, Third. What topics can be left out
on tne crowded curriculum how demanded: and
fourth, what can be done In the direction OF the
education OF parents IN these respects 20 she occu-
Nl, anu sia s OF lheir daughters The
when the session closed.
RESULTS OF THE rAPERs.
The papers Will not be published, but after gath
ering statistics and thoroughly investigating the
subjects suggested the association WILL Il is ex-
the ladies told STAR reporter that the sta,istics
presented showed that girls had left out school
Tor study from one 70 two hours, the remainder OF
point was whether the study out OF
school, or the distractions OF other
employInents' was Injurious TO the school girl
AFTER taking out the one or two hours OF study
the remainder OF the girls time given 70 recrea
ton, and I'm some instances 10 homework The
O1
the recreation was OF the sort that taxed the ner.
vOuS system.
TO TIRE WHITE HOUSE.
At noon four buses arrived ut the Museum ana
took the members OF the association TO the White
House.
This afternoon, at O'Clock, a session will be
held, at which the president Mrs. Backus. will
make an address, and Miss Ala W. Foster viii
read paper Oh "The Relation OF Women 20 the
Governing Boards and Faculties OF Colleges"
reception Will DE given 10 the members OF the
ASSOCIATION this evening by Mrs. Gen. Lander, at
her home on Capitol I'm.
MIS- k. ii. Wiles, or ALP Maple avenue IP Dro:t
Park, has Invited the ladies OF the association and
.ne gentlemen OF the Cornell alumni 10 her house
tomorrow evening
=, Monday the members OF the association 20 to
Mount Vernon.
Governor OF Washington Territory.
The President this afternoon appointed Eugene
Seutle, OF Washington Territory, TO be governor Of
Washington Territory.
Naval Cadets Appointed.
The President to-day appointed Charles T.
Jewell son OF Commander T. +. Jewell. ana
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